Markets can fail to achieve efficiency when
a. there are prices consumers do not think are fair.
b. there are wages workers do not think are fair.
c. trade puts people out of work.
d. there are buyers or sellers without adequate information about the quality of goods.
d
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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A demand schedule relates prices of a particular good to quantities demanded.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Perfectly competitive firms are earning economic profits at a market price of $10 and an average total cost of $8. If new firms enter and increase the average total cost for all firms, the market price will ________ until ________.
A) fall; it reaches $8 B) increase; it reaches $10 C) increase; economic profit is equal to zero D) fall; economic profit is equal to zero
Refer to the data provided in Table 16.2 below to answer the following question(s).Table 16.2 shows the situation facing two firms, both of which are polluting. Assume that each firm emits 5 units of pollution.Table 16.2Firm AFirm AFirm AFirm BFirm BFirm BReduction of Pollution by Firm AMC of reducing pollution for Firm ATC of reducing pollution for Firm AReduction of Pollution by Firm BMC of reducing pollution for Firm BTC of reducing pollution for Firm B1$1$11$8$82 3 4212203 6103163641020420565153552480Refer to Table 16.2. Suppose the government wants to reduce the total amount of pollution from the current level of 10 to 4. To do this, the government caps each firm's emissions at 2 units and issues 2 permits to each firm. If firms are allowed to trade permits, how many
permits will be traded between the two firms? A. B will buy one permit from A. B. A will buy one permit from B. C. B will buy two permits from A. D. A will buy two permits from B.